The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

A hobby born from insomnia has turned into a hangar full of objects that have been be-buttoned by the Button King.

A rapidly disappearing authentic bit of the old south.

North America's oldest authentic African Village.

An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

A sign marks the plane crash that caused two nuclear bombs to fall in North Carolina.

A curious blend of taxidermy, antique tools, creationism, and a purported antediluvian rock.

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.